Capital from the Luxor Temple, representing a papyrus flower. 1200 B.C.
From Galería del arte decorativo (Gallery of Decorative Art) vol. 2, collective work, Barcelona, 1890.
(Source: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
She held it to the light and gave a little cry.
From Cleopatra, by Henry Rider Haggard, London, 1894.
(Source: archive.org)
And while I spoke, watching the stars, she sat and watched my face.
From Cleopatra, by Henry Rider Haggard, London, 1894.
(Source: archive.org)
Ay, we will work like the worm at the heart of a fruit.
Richard Caton Woodville, from Cleopatra, by Henry Rider Haggard, London, 1894.
(Source: archive.org)
I saw the world as it had been before man was.
Richard Caton Woodville, from Cleopatra, by Henry Rider Haggard, London, 1894.
(Source: archive.org)
And we went forth.
Richard Caton Woodville, from Cleopatra, by Henry Rider Haggard, London, 1894.
(Source: archive.org)
The dual god Khensu standing upon crocodiles.
From The gods of the Egyptians vol. 2, by E. A. Wallis Budge, Chicago, 1904.
(Source: archive.org)
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A close up on Bosch’s Hell in Garden of Earthly Delights.
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Vanessa Foley. Blue Bird. Acrylic on canvas.
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